According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
ADOLF GALLANDWhich in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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As interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.
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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into the most favourable position for the kill
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I have a photocopy of it, and I am saying that in production this aircraft could perhaps substitute for three propeller- driven aircraft of the best existing type.
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For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
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As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success
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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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